Frankfurt Book Fair: The End

Oct 18, 2009 18:15

Word to the wise: do by all means book a seat instead of just buying a ticket without reservation if you're travelling by train from Frankfurt to Munich. I did, and was very glad about it, as the train is currently crowded like hell with people standing in the aisles ( Read more... )

china, peace prize of the german book trade, claudio magris, book fair fail, schiller, frankfurt book fair, goethe

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amenirdis October 18 2009, 17:19:33 UTC
Note to self: now you can say you've been mistaken for a hooker at the Frankfurt Book Fair in your memoirs.

I laughed outloud when I read this! You have the best adventures, and you always tell them with such panache!

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selenak October 19 2009, 05:37:03 UTC
:) Thanks. It's good to know I'm not boring people.

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herself_nyc October 18 2009, 17:22:57 UTC
I loved reading all your reports. I especially liked your account of the fanboyishness of the Schiller/Goethe guy.

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selenak October 19 2009, 05:39:34 UTC
It was really the "please don't let that writer/character I like continue to behave like a douchebag - YAY, we got a shared scene!" phenomenon in pure form. :)

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shezan October 21 2009, 02:42:48 UTC
Fandom really applies to 85% of all situations in the world...

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shezan October 21 2009, 02:42:11 UTC
Your posts made me decide my friend Steven NEEDED to meet you, and lo! some of the stories in his piece had a familiar ring...

(I wonder why you linked my username to my dead DW journal? The LJ one works,; but I have killed DW which seemed toklet even locked pieces be googlable.)

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selenak October 21 2009, 04:40:07 UTC
I actually used your lj handle but crossposted via dw, which automatically converted lj to dw. And I'm so glad to have met your friend!

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pseudo_tsuga October 23 2009, 04:42:19 UTC
All of this is new to me so reading your account was very enjoyable. (The summaries of the speeches especially).

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selenak October 23 2009, 05:59:10 UTC
You're very welcome.

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